How to format your references using the Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

1. Guessoum N. Astrophysics: Time for an Arab astronomy renaissance. Nature. 2013;498:161–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Griffith SC, Montgomerie R. Evolutionary biology: Why do birds engage in extra-pair copulation? Nature. 2003;422:833; discussion 833-4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gupta A, Zadafiya P, Mahalakshmi R. Differential contribution of tryptophans to the folding and stability of the attachment invasion locus transmembrane β-barrel from Yersinia pestis. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6508.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Liu T, Diemann E, Li H, Dress AWM, Müller A. Self-assembly in aqueous solution of wheel-shaped Mo154 oxide clusters into vesicles. Nature. 2003;426:59–62.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

1. Youssef HA. Machining of Stainless Steels and Super Alloys. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

1. Liu D, Zhang H, Polycarpou M, Alippi C, He H, editors. Advances in Neural Networks – ISNN 2011: 8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011, Guilin, China, May 29–June 1, 2011, Proceedings, Part I. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Grana D. Rock Physics Modeling in Conventional Reservoirs. In: Jin C, Cusatis G, editors. New Frontiers in Oil and Gas Exploration. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 137–63.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Sugary Drinks may Contribute to Almost 200,000 Deaths Worldwide each Year [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/sugary-drinks-may-contribute-almost-200000-deaths-worldwide-each-year/

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

1. Government Accountability Office. Public Transportation: Future Demand Is Likely for New Starts and Small Starts Programs, but Improvements Needed to the Small Starts Application Process. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007 Jul. Report No.: GAO-07-917.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

1. Huang Y-F. The Effects of Two Methods on Training EFL University Students in Taiwan to Identify Three Non-Native Phonemic Contrasts [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2013.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

1. Gustines GG. Free Digital Comics Site Is Expanding in U.S. With Celebrity Help. New York Times. 2015 Jul 6;B6.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Environ. Health Sci. Eng.
ISSN (online)	2052-336X
Scope	Environmental Engineering Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Pollution Waste Management and Disposal Water Science and Technology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health